Austin

Day 1
Today I toured the capital of Iowa, Des Moines. I ate lunch with Chet Culver (the governor) at the Blank Zoo Park.

Next I went to a Hawkeye football game because they won the orange bowl in 2010 and, met Ricky Stanzi the QB of Iowa, which helped win the orange bowl

Finally I went to a Hawkeye basketball game and met the team.At the end it was fun!

Day 2
Today I visit Drake, Iowa State University and Ledges State Park. I went to watch relays at Drake University. Then I look at the solar car, and looked at studding spots at Iowa State University. Then help clean old Eel. Then rest at Davis creek at Ledges State Park. I stopped at all these places because I thought they will be fun.

Day 3
Today I went to the highest point which is 1,607 feet in Sibley and is called Hawkeye Point. Next I went to clean Sioux City. Sioux City Manufacturing Center is in western Iowa and the population is 85,013. Today I learn that Donna Reed was in Gilmore Girls Season 1 Epsoin14 on T.V. It was fun.

Day 6
Today I learned that Maquoketa Cave has 2 caves Dugout and Dance Hall caves. On the northern side is a river called Rugged Hills Rise and on the Eastern side is a river Called Mississippi River.That was cool.

Day 7
Today I could make candles bake or try lifting a heavy musket. I decided to go through a log cabin and tried lifting a heavy musket. Then I went to see the lowest point which is 480 ft. in the junction of the Mississippi River. Finally I went to a Welcoming center which I found some facts. Iowa is in corn belt and it was the 29th state to join the U.S.A. The reason they called it Iowa because Iowa is a tribe that live the there. Also the population was 3,002,555 in 2008.Very cool.